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A month ago my thumb was hit by a football and started to hurt, i left it and now whenever i bend it towards my palm it has a sharp pain down the side?

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Xray: You may have a chip fracture at the interphalangeal joint. It should be x-rayed. It may need to be splinted.

Dr Nguyen agreed

Answered 5/24/2015

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